Will Robots Steal Your Job?

More food for thought....

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/robot_invasion/2011/09/will_robots_steal_your_job.html

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The Struggle Of The Luddite Remains...

Here's yet another website that actually gives an accurate definition of the word 'luddite'.

http://gizmodo.com/5837029/heres-where-the-word-luddite-really-comes-from

So, why isn't there something more substantial to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the uprising?

Rage Against The Machine

Another excellent post on the true meaning behind Luddism, this time from Down Under. Some interesting stats, too!

http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2736426.html

Don't Forget

I understand that today is an important anniversary.

"The first incident during the years of the most intense Luddite activity, 1811-13, was the 11 March 1811 attack upon wide knitting frames in a shop in the Nottinghamshire village of Arnold, following a peaceful gathering of framework knitters near the Exchange Hall at Nottingham. In the preceding month, framework knitters, also called stockingers, had broken into shops and removed jack wires from wide knitting frames, rendering them useless without inflicting great violence upon the owners or incurring risk to the stockingers themselves; the 11 March attack was the first in which frames were actually smashed and the name 'Ludd' was used. The grievances consisted, first, of the use of wide stocking frames to produce large amounts of cheap, shoddy stocking material that was cut and sewn into stockings rather than completely fashioned (knit in one piece without seams) and, second, of the employment of 'colts', workers who had not completed the seven-year apprenticeship required by law."

Lest we forget...

The Luddite Bicentenary

Some interesting dates to remember when it comes to the Luddite Bicentenary celebrations:

Northern Voices: The Luddite Bicentenary: why history has a short memory

Technology - Does It Make Life Better, Or Worse?

Here's another interesting blog that I came across today. Does all of our tech actually make our lives better? Just give an ear to the following:

http://advocatediary.com/law/technology-making-it-worse/

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The Distraction Machine

Ever wonder what this age of technology is doing to our society? Are you scared that we are increasingly 'dumbing down' because we are living in the Internet age? Just as the true Luddites fear that technology is set to take away your job - should we consider whether technology is taking away our very ability to think?

Here's a new book which gives us further food for thought...

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/The-Distraction-Machine-99635209.html


Suggest you buy a copy, switch off the PC and have a good read... before it's too late!

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